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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 2049115, member: 25357&quot;]For the second half of the collecting year, starting in about July or August, I dove into Greek coins and even bought a Persian Empire coin that I really liked.&nbsp; Expanding my envelope has been an adventure.&nbsp; Here are a few of my favorite ancient acquisitions from the second half of 2014.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Alexander III &quot;The Great&quot; Tetradrachm</b>.&nbsp; This was my first Greek and it is from the Side mint, either a lifetime or early posthumous issue.&nbsp; Why not start with an iconic ancient Greek coin?&nbsp;&nbsp; I shopped around for about a month to get one that I liked and fit within my budget.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]376035[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]376036[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Cilicia Tarsus Stater of Pharnabazos</b>.&nbsp; OK so it&#039;s Persian and not a Greek coin, but I just couldn&#039;t pass this one up.&nbsp; Just started collecting Greeks and I&#039;m already busting out of my lane!&nbsp; See what happens in this hobby! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]376037[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]376038[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the Greek coins.&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t pass on this hemilitron of the Syracusan <b>Tyrant Hieron II.&nbsp; </b>Price was right and the coin was in great condition compared to others of this type I had seen.</p><p><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; [ATTACH=full]376039[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]376040[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Then I came full circle back to Roman coins and finished up the year with a coin I&#039;d been meaning to add to my collection for a while.&nbsp; A <b>Mark Antony Legionary Denarius </b>with war galley and VII Legion standards.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]376043[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]376044[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>All in all a fun year broadening my ancient collecting horizons.&nbsp; I look forward to more collecting in 2015![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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